Anchor for ferry-boats.



No. 843,458. PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

M. M. 1100s.

ANCHOR FOR FERRY BOATS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10. 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed November 10, 1906. Serial No. 342,854.

To u-U-w/m/n, it 'mu coll/earn:

Be it known tl at I, MARTIN M. Iloos, citizen of the United States, and a resident of Long Island City, in tlie county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anchors for Ferry-Boats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ferry-boats, and more particularly to anchors or means for holding ti e same to tile ferry-slips wli en tltey are at tlteir landings, as will be more fully described in the following specification, set for in. tlie appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wlerein the same reference 01 aracters are used in the several figures to designate like parts.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device, slowing it applied to tie bow of a lcrryboat and part of tile slip. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section tlirough Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view looking at tle device from tlte rear.

"he device is adapted to be applied to eitli er end of a terry-boat, so that wlien it enters the dock and comes in contact with tlle front tltereof tlie device will become operative and attach itself to the slip and continue to l: old until it is desired to leave tlie dock, when certain means are applied to release tlie boat, so that it may continue on its trip.

To tle bow of a ferry-boat 5 is secured in any desired manner two or more slides 6, \VIKOSG upriglt flanges 7 are slotted to receive pins 8, projecting from tlie sides of a block 9, when is adapted to slide along tlie bottom of a cl amber 10, beneath tle deck of the boat.

Pivoted on tle upper face of tie block 9 are two jaws 11 and 12, do forward ends of wiiicli are adapted to engage and l'lOld a pin .13, carried by tlie ferry-slip l4 and passing through an opening 15 therein.

Back of the pivot-point l6 tlJe jaws terminate in arms 17 and l8, l1 aving a spring 19 between ti em, so that tiiey are forced apart, as shown in Fig. 1. 'IIese arms are broad enough to form armatures for tie electromagnet 20, carried by tle rear end oi tile block 9 and in an electric circuit 21. Tie rear end of the block 9 terminates with a rod or stud 22, playing tlrough a bracket 23 in a tl at end of t c c amber I0, and a spring 24 is under compression between tle block 9 and tie bracket 23, so tlat wl'en tl e aws strike tle pin 13 or tie ferry-slip tley yield with. tl1e block 9 and do no damage, but open to clutch tle pin.

In case any accident sl ould happen to the circuit 21 I provide tl'e jaws witn an emergency means for opening titem, w" ich consists of tlic cltains 25, attacled to tie ends of the arms 17 and 18 and, passing around a pulley 26, is secured to ti 0 depending arms 27 of a lever 28, which is pivoted in a recess in tl e deck of the boat, and in case that ti: e magnet fails to operate tle jaws tiie lever 28 is pulled from its recess and tl'ie ends 17 and 18 of tie jaws are brought together, releasing the pin 13.

It is obvious tltat I do not coniinc myself to tie exact construction of tlie details of tlie device as illustrated in tle drawings, but may lind it necessary to modify tl em in the construction and operation ol" tle device.

Having described my invention, wltat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an anchor for ferry-boats tlte combination of a pair of jaws adapted to engage means on tlc deck or slip, means for forcing tlie jaws into engagement, and means for au tomatically opening tlie jaws to release tliem.

2. In an ancl'or tor terry-boats .e combination of a yielding block attaclicd to tle boat, yielding jaws pivoted to tilO block, ar-

matures connected with tlie jaws, an electromagnet between tl'e armatures, and an elec tric circuit for ti e magnet.

In an anchor for l erryboats tle combi nation of slotted plates carried at tlie end of tlc boat, a block playing between tlre plates and I1 aving lateral pins wlich enter ti: o slots, a spring at tine rear of tie block, a pair of jaws normally closed and pivoted to tie block, and an electromagnct situated between tlle jaws and adapted to open them wl: en energized.

1. In an anchor for ferry-boats tlie combi nation of a pin carried by tle dock or slip, a sliding block carried by the boat and having L spring at its rear encl so that it Will yield of Queens and State of New York, this 20th when subjected to a blow, a pair of jaws pivday of October, A. D. 1906.

oted t0 the blocka sprln adapted to force i the jaws toget ner; an electfiomagnet adapted MARTIN HOOS' 5 to open the jaws when energized, and an l/Vitnesses:

electric circuit. REUBEN H. RILEY,

Signed at Long Island City, in the county LOUIS KAHL. 

